"On the edge of uncertainty?" Threatened with uncertainty, many respond by seeking the safety of certainty. In so doing, however, we give up lingering in the void of possibilities that underlies uncertainty. In clutching the edge of uncertainty, fearing to soar into its darkness, what do we lose? The social psychologist and author of “Escape [...]
Becoming...? The transformation of the earliest form of the nervous system as a tube to the complicated structure of the adult is nothing less than amazing. Neurons, the cells of the nervous system, born in the rudimentary tube must develop and migrate as the tube transforms to find their appropriate place in the nervous system. [...]
Calm in the middle of Chaos Chaos follows adversity. We might experience shock, dismay, a sense of being buffeted about, a loss of control. Though unpleasant, some misfortune will enter our human lives. How do we navigate it in a way that allows us to stay afloat? William James, the father of modern psychology tells [...]
Flooding in Colorado This is the scene in Buckhorn Canyon, next canyon to the west of our canyon - Redstone Canyon. There are no floods around our home! Two roads in our canyon were flooded. We received a reverse 911 call Thurs – to either evacuate or stay put for days. I chose to stay [...]
Rollo May, Ph.D. Psychologist, author of 15 books, including The Courage To Create,who along with Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow was a founder of humanistic psychology asks, “What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?” Fountainhead? That is a powerful word, defined not only as source, but [...]
"Escape the confines of STRESS!" So many of us live with prolonged stress, whether from pressures at work and/or home. Nevertheless, decisions that affect our future or that of others must be made, even while we are experiencing chronic stress. A study by researchers in Portugal published in the July 2012 issue of Translational Psychiatry [...]
What's your STORY?" Plato reminds us that we are beings in search of meaning. Relentlessly we pursue meaning in past, present and future anticipated events. Out of all of this we create a story. This is the story we live. What is the story that you are living now? How to detect your story? Listen [...]
"Create your NEW story" events locally in Colorado and world wide via ustream.com "Create your NEW Story" events will take place on new dates - Sept 18, Oct 16 and Nov 20, Wednesdays 5:30 pm to 7 pm at a new location, The Executive Center, 123 North College Ave in Fort Collins CO -in person [...]
"A KEY to...!" Imagine you have access to a “key” that unlocks something you want. It could be a state of mind, such as serenity or resiliency or an insight about resolving a difficult situation. To find the key we must look for it. Often it is just out of reach of ordinary consciousness. [...]